If I may chime in,
What bothers me is that, even more than the fact that Jefferey didn't get the "gentle steering in the right direction" that a PSUBS maillist newbie deserved, causing him to leave the list in dismay, he may not yet be dissuaded from building his design. Should he take it to it's fruition and one day dive his submarine, only to have it take his life, could we here not be, at the very least morally, somewhat responsible for that? Just my thoughts.
Chris Nugent
Doc <doc@bionicdolphin.com> wrote:
I'm with you Jeremy, intellectual snobbery in an open forum especially from those with minimal actual experience turns my stomach.
If you can't say something nice or constructive, don't say anything at all! Go join a gossip chat room instead!There is no such thing as a dumb question,,, only dumb answers.
Doc
Jeremy Crawford wrote:
I for one would like to express my disappointment in this forum. Instead of engaging someone and coaching them on the pitfalls of subdesign, there are those who have ridiculed or treated ignorance with disdain rather than education. We cannot educate those who leave this list feeling humiliated. The behavior of some here has been such that the reputation of this list is tarnished. I would bet that almost everyone here has had an idea they thought revolutionary only to find out it has been done or the physics won't work. I know for me it was disappointing. The fact that a person came here and was laughed off the forum is in my opinion inexcusable. Sincerely,Jeremy Crawford----- Original Message -----From: BauWauHausDesign@aol.comSent: Tuesday, January 28, 2003 3:22 PMSubject: Re: [PSUBS-MAILIST] Re: Welcome to the Personal_Submersibles_Disc ussionSubClubto those i have responded to privately, thanks and i look forward to our meeting. to the rest of you, goodbye, goodluck and may your boxes remain forever closed and safe as you apparently prefer them to be.
jeffrey